Dog chasing tweetys

[Benjammin]

What would you do for your dog running after tweety birds when they fly? He'll point them then they fly then he's gone.... Annoying...

[birddog1968]

Teach him a solid recall, say NO BIRD, and get him into more gamebirds and he'll give up the nonsense birds.

[Benjammin]

I'm trying with the game there just far and few between around here Ad what Exactly do you mean ( solid recall) like he comes when he's called? Every time no matter what...

[birddogger]

I'm trying with the game there just far and few between around here Ad what Exactly do you mean ( solid recall) like he comes when he's called? Every time no matter what...

Yes.

Charlie

[Benjammin]

I'm about 80% there with that.

[SD44]

Mine use to do the same thing but the more birds I was able to get him the better he became at not chasing the birds.

[DonF]

Cheer him on, he's learn to hunt. Once he get's going on either pigeon's or game birds, he'll quit the "bleep" birds on his own. Never shoot a "bleep" bird.

[duckn66]

I took one of my youngins out Saturday for opening day quail. He's been on pigeons and quail all spring and summer. First meadowlark that flew he was gone over the hill. Chased tweety birds all morning. Then all of the sudden it was like a light bulb came on and he just quit chasing them. Guess he figured out it wasn't worth the spent energy.

I would guess that your dog will soon quit as well.

[DonF]

99% quit on their own if you let them be.

[Sharon]

Cheer him on, he's learn to hunt. Once he get's going on either pigeon's or game birds, he'll quit the "bleep" birds on his own. Never shoot a "bleep" bird.

x2

How old is the dog?

[Neil]

I took one of my youngins out Saturday for opening day quail. He's been on pigeons and quail all spring and summer. First meadowlark that flew he was gone over the hill. Chased tweety birds all morning. Then all of the sudden it was like a light bulb came on and he just quit chasing them. Guess he figured out it wasn't worth the spent energy.

I would guess that your dog will soon quit as well.

I have been waiting for 50 years and a couple hundred dogs for the light bulb to come on. Hasn't yet.

Dogs learn as they learn, one step forward, then 1/2 step back..

To the Op, it eill work out, in time.

[Neil]

I took one of my youngins out Saturday for opening day quail. He's been on pigeons and quail all spring and summer. First meadowlark that flew he was gone over the hill. Chased tweety birds all morning. Then all of the sudden it was like a light bulb came on and he just quit chasing them. Guess he figured out it wasn't worth the spent energy.

I would guess that your dog will soon quit as well.

I have been waiting for 50 years and a couple hundred dogs for the light bulb to come on. Hasn't yet.

Dogs learn as they learn, one step forward, then 1/2 step back..

To the Op, it eill work out, in time.

[RayGubernat]

Ben -

I think a youngster chasing "bleep" birds in the field is a fantastic learning experience. They get all charged up chasing those swarms of larks. I think the key is YOUR response.

I suggest your response should be a fairly active ignoring of the entire thing especially after the first time the dog chases them.

By active ignoring I mean just walking on as if nothing was going on. It is OK to stand and watch for a while, but ultimately, you want the dog to understand that you are totally uninterested in that type of bird.

I have yet to have a dog that will prefer to chase larks and such in the field when there is a quail, pigeon, pheasant,etc. in the area.

I will say that it may be that a dog will never completely lose its desire to mess with these birds. I had a VERY reliable pointer who would go to mousing when there were no birds to be found. If the dog hunted for a couple hours and there was nothing to be found, she would start looking for field mice and pointing them. It was as if she just had to point SOMETHING.

It was actually pretty comical to watch her point a clump of grass, then pounce and then point again. I always thought it was the puppy in her coming out. Never failed to make me smile, especially in the last years when she was all gray around the muzzle and eyes to see that puppy once more.

Calico's Lady Belle lived to 12 and did it until she died. Helluva good dog, BTW, a field trial reject. Had a cannon for a nose, could run all day, and over the hill honest. Belle would stand on a bird for as long as it took for me to find her and get to her.

RayG

[donne]

Calico's Lady Belle lived to 12 and did it until she died. Helluva good dog, BTW, a field trial reject. Had a cannon for a nose, could run all day, and over the hill honest. Belle would stand on a bird for as long as it took for me to find her and get to her.

Amazing, how those "field trial reject" dogs turn out, ain't it!

[ultracarry]

Calico's Lady Belle lived to 12 and did it until she died. Helluva good dog, BTW, a field trial reject. Had a cannon for a nose, could run all day, and over the hill honest. Belle would stand on a bird for as long as it took for me to find her and get to her.

Amazing, how those "field trial reject" dogs turn out, ain't it!

If you want more I'm sure I can find one or two of them for you next spring. 4-5 months old too.

[Neil]

Ray,

I had a really nice dog that bored easily, if he was finding birds he would stay with you all day. But after 45 minutes of no game birds (i swear he had a watch) he would start mousing, but that only interested him for 10 - 15 minutes, then he was off after deer. This was before telemetry, and he would be lost for a couple days. I wore out a 1970 truck retrieving him.

I wished he would have been interested in tweety birds.

Dogs, you got to love and laugh at them, or they will drive you crazy.

[markj]

What would you do for your dog running after tweety birds when they fly? He'll point them then they fly then he's gone.... Annoying...

Is normal activity, teach whoa and then here this also keeps dog from running over a cliff, or into the path of a car. Whoa is a must IMHO

[donne]

If you want more I'm sure I can find one or two of them for you next spring. 4-5 months old too.

Thanks, but kennel is full. Already have too many dogs / county code, and as Ray can tell you there are plenty available around here

[Benjammin]

How old is the dog?[/quote]
He'll be 3 in jan